Bully's Latest Gambit: Permission Slips

It has come to this for "unaccompanied" teenagers desperate to see the unrated Bully: "An AMC spokesman said it will indeed allow that, but only if the child presents a signed permission slip from a parent, either via a form letter made available by the theater or an improvised note on a standard piece of paper. The move is an apparent attempt to support the film -- AMC executive Gerry Lopez has two teenagers and has been vocal about its importance -- while still paying deference to the Motion Picture Assn. of America and its ratings system." Related: Is Harvey Weinstein just recycling tricks from his Kids playbook? [LAT]

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Re: AMC executive Gerry Lopez has two teenagers and has been vocal about its importance.

I hope some room is left to actually dislike the film, not see it simply as a social good, without making one surely distant from and indifferent to kids. What if it plays out as mostly reving up our appetite for revenge? Martialing the bullied so that no one dare stand in our way?